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Health and Safety
Safety is the first pillar of a good life for emergency professionals, rescuers and Fire Fighters. We are operating in a complex and hard environment. Risk prevention and improving working conditions are fundamental for better health and life.
Myocardial scintigraphy, the examination that describes the health of the coronary arteries and…
Myocardial scintigraphy is a diagnostic examination to examine the health of the coronary arteries and the blood supply to the myocardium
Agoraphobia: what is it and what are the symptoms
Agoraphobia is a form of anxiety related to the feeling of being in places or situations from which it would be difficult to leave
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune-prone disease that causes inflammation and joint stiffness in children up to 16 years of age
Primary and secondary stuttering: when is resolution spontaneous and when is intervention necessary?
We speak of primary stuttering when it manifests itself in an apparent and transitory manner, typical of childhood, consisting of physiological and normal disfluencies and intermittent hesitations and initial syllabic repetitions
What is meant by the term iatrogenesis?
Iatrogenesis is a general term commonly used to refer to diseases, side effects, or complications due to drugs or medical treatments in general, which are wrong results
Pain and gate theory: why do we touch where it hurts?
The answer can be found in a theory (of the gate), postulated more than 50 years ago by Canadian psychologist Ronald Melzack and British neuroscientist Patrick David Wall, referred to as the "gate theory of pain control," or more simply…
Alzheimer's disease, symptoms and diagnosis
Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent variety of primary dementia in the world. Alzheimer's disease gradually presents with memory loss, difficulty in movement, loss of language ability, and difficulty recognizing objects and people
Appendicitis: causes, symptoms and treatment
Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, a thin tubule that starts in the cecum and is located in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen
Trichotillomania: symptoms and treatment
Trichotillomania is a condition characterised by the recurrent urge to pluck hair or hair. Plucking eyelashes or eyebrows is also part of this disorder
Aslanger Pattern: Another OMI?
In April 2020, Aslanger et al identified a specific ECG pattern concerning for acute inferior occlusion MI (OMI) in patients with concomitant multi-vessel disease, that does not display contiguous ST-segment elevation or fulfil STEMI…